Nuclear import of DNA in digitonin-permeabilized cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 110, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2323-2331

  Hagstrom, James E ^a   Ludtke, James J ^b   Bassik, Michael C ^b   Sebestyén, Magdolna G ^b   Adam, Steve A ^c   Wolff, Jon A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digitonin permeabilized cell; Fluorescent dna; Nuclear transport

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; DIGITONIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DIGITONIN; DNA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LECTINS; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHYCOCYANIN; TRANSFECTION; XANTHENES;

EID: 0030768810     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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